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Machine Learning Engineer/Scientist I - Early Career 2025 University Grad
Machine Learning Engineer/Scientist I - Early Career 2025 University GradBlue Origin • Seattle, WA, United States
Machine Learning Engineer / Scientist I - Early Career 2025 University Grad

Machine Learning Engineer / Scientist I - Early Career 2025 University Grad

Blue Origin • Seattle, WA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Application close date :

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.

We are collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

Join us to develop innovative AI models for our Rocket Factory with a collaborative team. We are looking for someone with deep technical expertise that is interested in positively impacting safe human spaceflight. If you are a passionate and high agency individual (have energy to independently drive initiatives, fix problems and improve status quo), we would love to hear from you.

Primary locations :

We prioritize placing early career engineers in locations where they can be co-located with their team and the relevant hardware they support. The primary locations for this role are listed below. Please indicate in the application where you would be willing to be located.

  • Kent, WA

What you can expect :

  • Specialized early career development opportunities and mentorship during your first year.
  • Meaningful work! You'll be contributing directly to top company goals.
  • Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

  • Based upon your desired career path, projects may include the core AI team within the Enterprise Technology group, you will be instrumental in improving the manufacturing processes of space crafts. By helping build novel AI systems that harnesses multimodal information from disparate sources and automatically transforming them, your work will assist manufacturing engineers in our factories, and make them more efficient, reduce latency, and increase velocity of launches. Specific duties are subject to our business unit objectives. Some examples include :
  • Design experiments, hypotheses and rigorously benchmark solutions
  • Conduct literature review to identify relevant datasets, models and tools to prototype and improve AI systems in production

  • Develop techniques for data preprocessing, extraction, and synthetic generation
  • Deploy algorithms by creating docker images, spinning up containers, creating endpoints and microservices
  • Document your findings and present to stakeholders
  • Basic Qualifications :

  • Able to start working full-time by the end of 2025.
  • BS in Computer Science or relevant (earned within the last year or by Fall 2025).
  • Machine Learning
  • Bachelors or Masters with relevant course work - Linear algebra, Statistics, NLP, and Computer Vision

  • 2+ years of experience coding - Python and AI frameworks (TensorFlow / PyTorch)
  • Background in Deep Learning - vision-language models (VLMs), transformers, training LoRA adapters, model distillation, and fine-tuning
  • Strong mathematical foundations - linear algebra, calculus, statistics
  • Ability to curate large-scale multimodal datasets - data preprocessing and generation of a variety of datasets (synthetic and human-labeled)
  • Experience with ML libraries and tools - pandas, torchvision, NLTK, spaCy, diffusers, vllm, transformers, DSPy, Ray, LangGraph, DeepSpeed etc.)
  • Designing machine learning experiments - understanding and improving model behaviors and proposing solutions for generalization / interpretability
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning principles.
  • Understanding of AI ethics and responsible AI development practices
  • Distributed Systems
  • Expertise with GPU optimization and Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

  • Experience with container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • CI / CD pipeline implementation and management
  • Systems architecture design for AI applications
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs.
  • Relevant internship / co-op and academic project experience that demonstrate development of both technical skills as well as leadership qualities.
  • Self-driven with the ability to seek out requirements with minimal direction.
  • Strong written, verbal, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Passion for Blue's Mission with a strong desire to continuously learn and improve.
  • Desired Qualifications :

  • Advanced degree (MS or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 1+ years of experience in the industry working on real-world data and building AI systems
  • Prompt and context engineering - experience with implementation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Proficiency in generative model architectures - GANs, VAEs, Diffusion Models
  • Experience with post-training techniques - instruction tuning, preference modeling, or RLHF
  • Experience with 3D modeling and building multi-agentic workflows
  • Demonstrate concrete achievements from ML projects that involve building multimodal algorithms for some of the following tasks : segmentation, object detection, classification, question and answering and so on
  • Interest or experience in test-time / inference scaling
  • Research publications in machine learning conferences, journals and / or open-source contribution
  • How to Stand Out :

  • We value a wide variety of backgrounds-even beyond aerospace! Experience in tech, automotive, energy, defense, or other high-reliability fields is great.
  • Share your internship, co-op, project, and research experiences in your resume. List programming languages, tools, or relevant coursework.
  • Compensation Range for :

    WA applicants is $99,445.00-$139,222.65

    Other site ranges may differ

    Culture Statement

    Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

    Export Control Regulations

    Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

    Background Check

    Required for all positions : Blue's Standard Background Check

    Required for Certain Job Profiles : Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

    Required for Certain Job Profiles : Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and / or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including : Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing (CDL drivers only), vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation / shipping training.

    Required for certain Job Profiles : Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

    Benefits

    Benefits include : Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

    Paid Time Off : Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

    Discretionary bonus : Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

    Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin / ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military / veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and / or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "Know Your Rights," please see here .

    Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

    Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and / or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com . Please note this is a publicly managed inbox. Please do not include any personal medical information in your request.

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